Machine for boxing matches.



J. H. WEAVER & A. D. WELKER.

MACHINE FOR BOXING MATCHES.

APPLICATION man 0cT.14, 1914.

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JAMES H. WEAVER AND ALVIN I). WELKER, OF WADSWORTI-I, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO THE OHIO MATCH COMPANY, OF WADSWORTH, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

MACHINE FOR BOXING MATCHES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1915.

Application filed October 14, 1914. Serial No. 866,696.

United States, residing at Wadsworth, in

the county of Medina and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Boxing Matches, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a machine for use in packing matches in boxes, of the type illustrated, for example, in Patent No. 1,016,436, granted February 6, 1912, and,

Patent No. 1,086,332, granted February 3, 1914:; and the object of the invention is to provide an efficientmeans for pushing back into the box trays any matches that may be projecting over the sides of the trays, and for leveling or evening the matches into a compact and uniform mass in the trays after they have been disturbed as a result of ap-; plying'the protection strip or by other cause,

so that the filled trays may be moved on ward to the sliding or shuck-applying mechanism with all the matches properly assembled in the trays, thereby presenting no hindrance to applying the slides or shucks.

The invention consists of an arranger, herein so called, mounted above the traveling tray carrier of a match boxing machine,

and adapted to be moved toward and from the filled trays and having a horizontally reciprocating movement, the arranger being of box-like formation, and inverted over the trays, and having a flaring mouth, and a protection-strip hold-down, so that any matches projecting over the sides ofthe trays will be gathered in by the arranger and properly replaced within the trays as such trays successively come beneath it, and any unevenness in the mass of' matches in the trays will be leveled, as we will now to explain and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a top plan view of sufficient of the tray carrier to show the tray filling parts, and protection strip applying parts substantially as usual, and the arranger of this invention. Fig. 2is a vertical section taken substantially in the plane of line AB, Fig.1 on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the slide for use in imparting proceed up and down movement to the arranger. Fig. at is a transverse vertlcal section of the arranger and its slide. Fig. 5 1s a plan view of the arranger and its operating mocha-v nism detached. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the mechanism shown in Fig. 5, to which is added a cross-section of the match trough and its support, and a connection with the main shaft of the boxing machine for imparting-the up and down movement to the arranger.

The upper bed or table 1, and its support for the tray carrier 2, and the means for imparting to the tray carrier an endless rotary movement on the table, the match trough 3 and means for imparting to it longitudinal vibration or movement, and the protection strip applying mechanism 4, may

be and are here shown of usual construction,

such for example as disclosed in the patents hereinabove referred to. y

After the trays in the tray carriersuccessively leave the arranger of this ;inven tion they are moved onward to a mechanism for assembling the trays and their slides, and thenthe boxes are discharged from themachine, ready to be packedfor shipment, as set forth in Patent No. 1,086,332, referred to, although the trays may be otherwise dissee Fig. 1, in such way that the arranger is moved up and down,or from and toward the trays in the tray carrier, while capable of receiving a horizontally:reciprocating move- I ment in said arms. One means for imparting the described vertical movement tothe slide 6 consists of a connecting rod 9pivoted at opposite ends to the slide andto a rock lever 10, which latter is pivoted in a fulcral 100 and this lever has a roll 13 in one end in engagement with a cam 141 on the main or any other convenient shaft 15, of the machine,; said cam beingmade and timed to move the" stand 11 on the lower bed 12 of the machine,

slide so as to lower the arranger in the dwells of the tray carrier occurring whenthe trays are being filled, and to liftthe ar-- ranger as the tray carrier moves. A g

be used for this purpose.

made as light as possible,preferably of light metal, such as aluminum. Generally stated, thisvarranger is in the form of an inverted box, having the flaring rim or edges 19 about its mouth. The body of the arranger is only =-sli ghtly larger than the match tray upon which it is to operate, while its flared mouth has a reach beyond the tray sufliciently great-to gather in any protruding matches, and slide them back into the tray. This 20- condition to be remedied is indicated at 20 in Fig. 1, where is shown a filled tray having-the protection strip applied, and a few matchesprotruding or projecting over the sides of the tray, a condition incident at 'times-to the application of the protection strip, and otherwise likely to occur in the progress of thetrays from the filling agent tothe sliding or shucking agent. The arranger hasv a lug.21 standing up from its top and'this is jointedly connected by a link 22 with a horizontally arranged vibrating lever 23,.pivoted, for example, upon a stand 24 fixed to the table 1, and this lever is pivoted 'to a plate 25 which is fixed to the match .trough 3, so as to partake of the shakingor longitudinally reciprocating motion of the'trough and convert it into a horizontally reciprocating motion of the arranger. This shaking or longitudinally re- 40 ciproca'ting motion of the match trough may be elfected in accordance with Patent No. 1,016,436, or Patent No. 904,394, granted November 17, 1908, or otherwise. The link 22 admits of the vertical movement of the 4 arranger without affecting its horizontal motion.

1 Therear Wall of the arranger has a cen tral vertically disposed opening 26 into which extends an arm 27 of the slide 6, and

:,to thisarm is adjustably applied a shoe 28 orhold-down. This shoe may be Inade'vertically adjustable-in any suitable way, as by slots and screws 29. The purpose of the shoe is to exert pressure upon the center of the; protection strip and insure a uniformly and evenly filled tray, ready to be properly inserted into its slide or shuck; and the 0bjectin .making it adjustable is to vary the degree ofpressure as circumstances may require; Of course, the arm and its shoe have no -horiZontal movement, but the arranger does have a relative horizontal movement, and sothe matches in the tray engaged by the arranger, for the time being, will be evenly distributed throughout the tray, thereby insuring a compact and uniform mass, and presenting the filled tray to the sliding or shucking mechanism or agent, in a condition that will offer no hindrance to the assembling of the tray and slide. Such a presentation of the trays is advantageous, as well with a sliding mechanism as when the tray and slide are assembled by an operative.

In the application of theprotection strip the level of the matches is at times disturbed, and the mass bunched up at or near the center of the tray. This disturbance is entirely remedied by the movement of the tray under the hold-down or leveling device. composed of the arm 27 and shoe 28, with the result last previously stated that the trays are presented for the application of the slide or shuck with their contents level, compact and uniform.

The invention is susceptible of variations in structure and arrangement within the spirit and scope of the following claims.

VVhatwe claim is:- I

1. In a match boxing machine, an ar ranger for effecting a compact uniform and level arrangement of the matchesrin their trays, comprising a bodily movable inverted box having a flaring mouth, means to impart vertical movement, and means to impart horizontal reciprocating movement to said arranger.

2. In a match boxing machine, an arranger for effecting a compact uniform and level arrangement of the matches in their trays, comprising a bodily movable inverted box having a flaring mouth, means to impart vertical movement, and means to impart horizontal reciprocating movement to said arranger, and a hold-down or leveling device moving with the means for imparting vertical movement and under which the arranger agitates the tray horizontally.

3.,In a machine for boxing matches, the combination of a tray carrier, a longitudinally movable match trough for filling the trays in the tray carrier with matches, an arranger located over the tray carrier, means to move the arranger vertically toward and from the tray carrier, and a connection between the arranger and the match trough by which the longitudinal movement of the match trough is imparted to the arranger.

4. In a machine for boxing matches, the combination with an endless traveling tray carrier, a reciprocating match trough for filling the trays with matches, means for properly arranging the matches in each tray comprising an inverted hollowv body having a flaring mouth and arranged over the tray carrier, means to move said body vertically toward and from the tray .carrier, and a lever jointedly connected with said body at li eaoss one end and pivotally connectedwith the match trough at its other end, said body adapted to push into the tray any matches protruding over its sides.

5. In a machine for boxing matches, the combination of an endless traveling match trough for filling the trays in the tray carrier with matches, an arranger located over the tray carrier, arms engaging the tray carrier and forming part of a vertically movable slide by which the arranger is given a movement toward and from the tray carrier, an intermediate arm on said slide extending into the arranger and adapted to extend over the match tray, and means connecting the arranger with the match trough to efiect a horizontal reciprocation of the arranger to thereby insure the restoration to the tray of any projecting matches and level and compact the mass of matches within the tray.

6. In a machine for boxing matches, the combination of an endless traveling tray carrier, means to fill the trays therein with matches, means to apply protection strips to the filled trays, and means for returning projecting matches into the trays and com pacting and leveling the mass of matches within each tray successively, same comprising an inverted hollow body having a flaring mouth, a vertically reciprocating slide having arms in which the body is capable of horizontal movement, and also having an intermediate arm extending within the body and provided with means to engage the protection strip and exert pressure'upon .the underlying matches in the tray, and means to agitate the body horizontally while engaged with the trays.

7. In a machine for boxing matches, the combination of an endless traveling tray carrier, a horizontally reciprocating tray filler, a protection strip applying means, and

means for properly restoring the arrange ment of the matches in each tray when disturbed, same comprising an inverted boxlike body having a flaring mouth, a vertically reciprocating slide on which said body is carried and in which it is capable of horizontal movement lengthwise of the match tray over which it is arranged. and a lever having a jointed connection with the reciprocating tray filler and with said body to thereby impart a horizontal reciprocating motion to the body in a direction transverse to the length of the matches in the tray.

8. In a machine for boxing matches, the combination of an endless traveling tray carrier, a horizontally reciprocating tray filler, a protection strip applying means. and means for properly restoring the arrangement of the matches in each tray when disturbed, same comprising an inverted boxlike body having a flaring mouth, a verti cally reciprocatingslide on which said body is carried and in which it is capable of horizontal movement lengthwise of the match tray over which it is arranged, a hold-down device on the slide extending intothe body and adapted to engage the top of the contents of the tray, and a vibrating lever for imparting a horizontal reciprocating motion to the body in a direction transverse to the length of the matches in the tray.

9. In a machine for boxing matches, the combination of an endless traveling tray carrier, a horizontally reciprocating tray filler, a protection strip applying means, and means for properly restoring the arrangement of the matches in each tray when disturbed, same comprising an inverted boxlike body having a flaring mouth, a vertically reciprocating slide on which said body is carried and in which it is capable of horizontal movement lengthwise of the match tray over which it is arranged, a hold-down device on the slide extending into the body and adapted to engage the top of the contents of the tray, and a vibrating lever for imparting a horizontal reciprocating motion to the body in a direction transverse to the length of the matches in the tray, said hold-down device being stationary while the said body is reciprocated horizontally during its engagement with the tray.

10. In a machine for boxing matches, the combination of a tray carrier, a bodily movable arranger located above the tray carrier and of dimensions to fit over the filled tray and having its rim flared so as to reach out beyond the tray as it is moved toward it and thereby replace in the tray any projecting matches, means to move said arranger vertically in a fixed path with relation to the tray carrier, and means to impart a vibratory or shaking motion to said arranger in a direction transverse to the length of the matches in the tray.

11. In a machine for boxing matches, the combination of a tray carrier, a bodily movable arranger located above the tray carrier and of dimensions to fit over the filled tray and having its rim flared so as to reach out beyond the tray as it is moved toward it and thereby replace in the tray any projecting matches, means to move said arranger vertically in a fixed path with relation to the tray carrier, a horizontally vibrating lever, and a link connecting the lever and arranger whereby the arranger is agitated horizontally.

12. In a machine for boxing matches, the combination of a tray carrier, a bodily movable arranger located above the tray carrier and of dimensions to fit over the filled tray and having its rim flared so as to reach out beyond the tray as it is moved toward it andthereby replace in the tray any projectset out hands thislOth day ofOctober' D.

ing matches, means to move said arranger 1-914.

vertically in a fixed path With relation to JAMES AVER the tray carrier a tray filler having a shaking -motion, arid a horizontally arranged ALVIN TWELKER" lever 'jointedly connected at its opposite Witnesses:

ends with the arranger and the tray filler. G. M. WERTZ,

In testimony whereof We have hereunto A. V. BECK.

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